Crime branch attaches properties of Bharat developers

PANAJI: Following a court order, the crime branch attached four flats belonging to Bharat Developers and Realtors Private Limited which had constructed Ruby Residency, that collapsed, killing 31 persons in Cancona.

The crime branch also issued directions to the authorities concerned not to allow transfer or deed of sale of the properties. A police officer said that they have sent letters along with a copy of the court order to North and South district collectors, deputy collectors, mamlatdars, sub-registrar and directed them not to allow any construction and sale of the attached property.

The police officer said that they have also moved an application before the special court to attach a flat belonging to absconding accused Canacona municipal council (CMC) engineer Ashank Naik Gaunkar.

Crime branch also moved an application to attach the three vehicles belonging to the builders who are absconding in the case. The court had declared builders Pradip Singh Birring and Jagdeep Kumar Seghal as absconders.

The Margao special court on February 21, had directed the crime branch to attach 12 properties belonging to Bharat Developers and Realtors Private Limited valued at 17 crore.

The crime branch had moved an application before the special court to attach the properties of the company. Of the 12 properties, 10 are in Canacona and one each at Margao and Navelim.

GOA: The real estate sector in Goa continues to reel under the pressure of slowdown, with no sign of respite even in 2014. Not so far back in the past, for rich clients from cities like Delhi, Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai, and for even non-resident Indians (NRIs), Goa was the most preferred destination for buying second home.

MARGAO: District magistrate South Goa has ordered that landlords and house owners within the district who wish to rent out or sublet their property to tenants can do so only after they furnish the particulars of the tenants to the concerned police station. The order is an attempt to keep tabs on migrants and tourists, and prevent people from unknowingly harbouring anti-social elements or terrorists.

MARGAO: Stakeholders, essentially apartment owners, in the collapsed Ruby Residency and other projects by the same builders in Canacona have formed a forum to collectively decide on their future course of action. A helpline for other stakeholders to get in touch with them has also been launched.

MARGAO: Goan and other investors should not harbour any undue apprehensions about the quality of construction projects in the state on account of the Canacona disaster, Jaganath 'Desh' Prabhudesai, president of the Goa unit of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (Credai) said.